[seadan83]

I'm reacting to: "Math is language. 'Everything' is language. Language is the image of reality."

There are other discussions which say:

- Math is a subset of language, surely

- It's easily argued that languages are subsets of math.

Given that context, the distinction seems to be very important.

I find the following idea (paraphrasing) to be very interesting: "not only is math a subset of language, but the language and math are equal sets." I also think it's not true, but am curious how a person would support this assertion. So, my challenge is, because the logical "is" relationship is reflexive and the reflexive property does not hold here - how can this be true? The most satisfying answer has been (paraphrasing) "cause I'm using non-precise language and you should just infer what I meant." Which is fine I guess..

[seba_dos1]

I literally copied "Math is a language." from your quote that started this subthread. Nobody here has typed "Math is language" - except you. Just open https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43873113, press CTRL+F and see for yourself. I can't fathom how can you still deny being so obviously wrong.